I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
JOHN WAYNEAmerica is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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I believe humor nullifies violence.
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Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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Let’s say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person’s life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I’d just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world.
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I don’t have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I’m not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I’m a professional.
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
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I don’t want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.
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My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
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I’m an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.
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I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I?
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